Centurion is the venue for the third T20 International between South Africa and India and with two matches the remaining the series is all square at 1-1
This is a 4 match series which concludes at The Wanderers on Friday and after India won the first match by 61 runs in Durban the Proteas squared things up with a 3 wicket win at St. Georges on Sunday.
Sanju Samson, with 107 of India's bat first total of 202/8 was the Man of the Match in the series opener with the Proteas reply ending on 141 all out with no batsmen making it into the 30's.
It was a different game in PE on Sunday with South Africa winning the toss and opting to bowl and after the first 3 wickets fell with just 15 runs on the board they restricted India to 124/6 (Hardik Pandya 39 not out).
The Indian bowlers kept their team in the contest but Tristan Stubbs top scored with an unbeaten 47 and Coetzee hit 19 off 9 balls to help the Proteas over the line with an over to spare.
This was how the teams lined up for the second match.
South Africa: Ryan Rickelton, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Nqabayomzi Peter
India: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Avesh Khan
Head to Head
Overall the teams have met 29 times in this format with South Africa winning 12 to India's 16 and there has been 1 no result
The Venue, Supersport Park, Centurion
The Proteas have played 14 T20's at Centurion, winning 6 and losing 8.
In the most recent T20 at this venue in March 2023 South Africa beat West Indies by 6 wickets, chasing down a massive victory target of 259 with openers Quinton de Kock making 100 and Reeza Hendricks 68.
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The Betting
At the time of writing South Africa are trading at even money to win the game and India are 0.82/1 with BoyleSports.
Prices subject to change
The Verdict
The match result looks a tricky call but I'm wagering conditions will lead to a high scoring game and on the evidence of the most recent T20 at Centurion a top individual score of 71 runs or more would seem to be a big runner.
Bet: Top Batsman Total Runs over 70.5 at 17/20 with BoyleSports
